Jacque, Thanks for the example explanations. I wan’t quite understanding the usefulness. — Scott Morrow
Elementary Software (Now with 20% less chalk dust!) web http://elementarysoftware.com/ email [email protected] booth 1-800-615-0867 ------------------------------------------------------ > On Feb 13, 2019, at 8:01 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > <[email protected]> wrote: > > The centerRect allows you to stretch a portion of an image without affecting > the areas outside of the rectangle. Imagine you have an image with rounded > corners and you want to use it as a button icon. You can specify an area in > the center of the image that can stretch as wide as you need the button to be > but the corners won't be affected and will keep their original radius. > > Or imagine a vertical image like a paper bookmark with a design on top and a > cutout shape on the bottom. You could stretch the center area to make it > taller without distorting the top design or the cutout at the bottom. > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | [email protected] > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > On February 13, 2019 7:49:01 PM Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> See my other message to the list of UI Handlers… >> >> For my library, I was looking for clues to "centering " and came across >> >> centerRect >> >> set the centerRect[angle] of image to rectangle >> set the centerRect of image "buttonImage" to 20,20,45,200 >> >> Dictionary is obscure, >> >> 1. What does "stretching" mean >> in the context of " Use to centerRect property to specifies a >> region of pixels that should be stretched when the image is >> stretched." Something that happens is development with the >> Selection Tool on? >> >> 2. centerRect[angle] >> Implies an array. But there is no reference to an array in the >> dictionary? >> >> BR >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> [email protected] >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
